Waste-basket.



W. H. KNOBLOCH.

WASTE BASKET.

APPLIOATION FILED ran, 29, 1909.

908,579. Patented Jan. 5, 1909 WALTER H. KNOBLOCH, OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

WASTE-B ASKE '1.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 5, 1909.

Application filed February 29, 1908. Serial No. 418,421.

To all whom it may concrrn:

Be it known that I, WALTER H. KNoB- LOCH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Erie. in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Waste-Baskets. of which the following is a sweilieation.

This inventi jm relates to baskets. and conin certain inlprovenmnts in the construrtion thereof as will be hereinafter fully described and pointed out in the claims.

The basket is spot-hilly designed for a waste basket, and hes for its object to term such a. eonstrin-tion of basket will permit of the use of sheet metal as the material from which it is made.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings as follows:

Figure 1 shows a persp'mnive View of the basket. Fig. 2 a VLI'tlt'Ztl sertion of a fragment of the basket.

1 marks the well of the basket. 2 the slits which extend downwardly l'rom the top of the upperedgos of the basket. the stoves being secured thereto by being turned over the wire at 5, as rlearl shown in l ig. 2. The wire spans the spare formed by the slits between the stoves and eonnerts iho toves one with another, so as to gm; righlity lo the basket. Tin-allure is dosiiz-ihhfor two )urposes. It makes a revvptnrlv into whirh material may be more readily ilaeml and permits of 1hr nesting of the baskets for shipment. This ('onstrurtion makes possible a solid wall at the bottom, so that in Cast of lire in the basket the burning material is retained in the basket. so as to avoid spreading of the tire to points outside the basket. This side wall also permits of the use of a continuous sheet of material in the manufacture of the sides of the basket, because the wall unites the several stoves without depending on the bottom for this purmse. The flaring shape also forms the open lng between the stoves at the top without the waste of any material.

The bottom 6 is placed within the Well 1, and has the down turned flange 7. The bottom of the wall 1 has the up turned mlge 8 whirh engages the flange T.

1 )refrr to form ribs 9 in the material forming the stoves, these ribs extending longitudinally of the stares from a point shove the bottom of the slits to a point below the bottom of the slits. This stillens the staves especially with relation to the wail below the slits.

hat I claim as new is:

1. A basket formed of metal, having its outer walls formed with slits extending downwardlv from the top, and terminating above the bottom of the basket, the staves formed between said slits being bent outwardl to give a flaring shape to the basket, and having means for securing the staves one to another at the top.

2. A basket formed of metal, having its outer walls formed with slits extending downwardly from the top, and terminating above the bottom of the basket, the staves formed between said slits being bent outwardly to give a flaring shape to the basket, and the said wall having reinforcing ribs extending longitudinally of the stoves, and from a point in the slaves to a point in the wall of the basket below the bottom of the slits.

in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WALTER H. KN OBLOCH.

Witnesses H. C. Loni), K. R. KANE. 

